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Author Ehrman, Bart D., author, teacher.

Title The greatest controversies of early Christian history / Bart D. Ehrman.

Publication Info. Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  GREAT COURSES CD BOOK 270.2 EHRMAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction Audiobook  CD 270.1 EHRMAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Audiobook  BKCD 270.2 EHRMAN    Check Shelf
Description 12 audio discs (approximately 720 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 166 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo rda
audio file CD audio rda
Series Great courses. Religion & theology (Christianity)
Great courses (Compact disc). Religion.
Note Title from disc surface.
Compact discs.
Performer Lecturer: Professor Bart D. Ehrman, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) in course guidebook.
Note Each volume of program contains twelve lectures; the length of each lecture is approximately 30 min. The entire program consists of twenty-four lectures.
Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook.
Also issued by the Teaching Company as set no. 6411 with another Great Course CD lecture on religion & theology given by Prof. Ehrman: Lost Christianities: Christian scriptures and the battles over authentication.
Summary "Even though early Christianity is one of the most studied fields in the entire discipline of religious studies, numerous controversies continue to puzzle both scholars and laypeople. This course examines 24 of these controversies to show why they have fascinated students of the Christian religion and to attempt to resolve them with academic rigor."--Page 1 of course guidebook.
Note Course no. 6410.
Contents Volume 1. lecture 1. Was Jesus born in Bethlehem -- lecture 2. Was Jesus's mother a virgin -- lecture 3. Did Jesus have a twin brother? -- lecture 4. Is Jesus in the dead scrolls? -- lecture 5. Did Jesus expect to see the world's end? -- lecture 6. How close were Jesus and Mary Magdalene -- lecture 7. Was Jesus married? -- lecture 8. What secrets did Judas betray? -- lecture 9. Did the Jews kill Jesus? -- lecture 10. Was Pontius Pilate a secret Christian? -- lecture. 11. Was Jesus raised from the death? -- lecture 12. Did the Jews expect a suffering messiah?
Volume 2. lecture 13. Is Paul the real founder of Christianity? -- lecture 14. Did the Disciples write the gospels? -- lecture 15. Does the New Testament contain forgeries? -- lecture 16. Is the Book of Revelation about our future? -- lecture 17. Who were the original Christians? -- lecture 18. Is the true Jesus in the gnostic gospels? -- lecture 19. What happened to the apostles? -- lecture 20. Was Christianity an illegal religion? -- lecture 21. Is the Old Testament a Christian book? -- lecture 22. Did early Christians accept the Trinity? -- lecture. 23. Do we have the original New Testament? -- lecture 24. Who chose the books of the New Testament?
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church controversies.
Church controversies. (OCoLC)fst00860661
Church history -- Primitive and early church. (OCoLC)fst01710945
Chronological Term 30 - 600
Genre/Form Lectures. (OCoLC)fst01919935
Lectures.
Added Author Teaching Company, publisher.
ISBN 1598039636
9781598039634
Music No. 6410 Teaching Co. (set)
IC6410A-01 Teaching Co. (volume 1)
IC6410A-02 Teaching Co. (volume 2)
PB6410A Teaching Co. (guidebook)
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